Larry Beresford
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LISTEN NOW: Daniel Hunt, MD elaborates on recent article on primary care providers
April 4, 2015
Listen to Daniel Hunt, MD, chief of the hospital medicine unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, discuss his recent article titled “Perspectives” in the New England Journal of Medicine on consultation visits by primary care providers. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content
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LISTEN NOW: Eric Howell, MD, SFHM discusses care transitions and readmissions
April 4, 2015
Johns Hopkins hospitalist Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, discusses connections between SHM, hospitalist practices, handoffs, and successful care transitions. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HOWELLclip_Readmissions_FINAL_021814.mp3"][/audio]
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Small Hospitals Concerned about Readmissions Avoidance
April 3, 2015
Small, rural, and community-based hospitals face many of the same concerns about readmissions as large ones. James Baumgartner, MD, chief hospitalist at Essentia Health-St.
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Continuity Visits by Primary Care Physicians Could Benefit Inpatients
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8732" align="alignright" width="295"] Internist Gila Kriegel, MD, says most PCPs “likeseeing their patients through the course ofthe illness.”[/caption] Hospital medicine leaders have long acknowledged the disconnects in medical care that occur at discharge.
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Lean Six Sigma Improves Pediatric Discharge Times
April 3, 2015
Journal of Hospital Medicine study finds restructuring daily rounds improved throughput
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Good Hospital Discharge Summaries Identified
April 3, 2015
Study outlines those elements of discharge summaries most helpful to physicians, patients
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Data Show Medicare Readmission Penalties Unfair
April 3, 2015
Hospital groups claim federal program failed to adjust for socioeconomic risk factors
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Malpractice Claims For Hospitalists Average .52 Per 100 Physician Years
April 3, 2015
Journal of Hospital Medicine study first to analyze malpractice claims specifically for hospitalists
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Art Helps Hospitalized Patients Manage Pain, Anxiety
April 3, 2015
Studies suggest art therapy can reduce stress, boost care satisfaction for hospitalized patients with cancer, other diseases
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Hospitalists’ Responsibility, Role in Readmission Prevention
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8611" align="alignright" width="295"] Image credit: ILLUSTRATION/PAUL JUESTRICH; PHOTOs shutterstock.com[/caption] Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, K.T.
